Dusabe's double-double lands her Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

- July 16, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Jane Dusabe

19-year old center Jane Dusabe (C-2005) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for The Hoops Kigali and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 18.
She had a double-double of 30 points and 27 rebounds, while her team was edged out by GSMRR (#3, 12-4) 80-76. The Hoops maintains the 8th position in Rwandan D1. Too late to salvage the team, which is currently ranked such low. They already lost 10 games and recorded just four victories. In the team's last game Dusabe had a remarkable 60.0% from 2-point range. She has many years of experience at The Hoops, through which she has constantly improved. Dusabe has impressive league stats. She is in league's top in points (3rd best: 19.6ppg) and averages solid 1.9bpg and 3.4spg.

Second best performed player last round was Josephine Uwineza (SG) of GS Gahini. She is a guard in her first (recently joined) season at Gahini. In the last game Uwineza recorded an impressive double-double of 26 points and 14 rebounds. Of course she led Gahini to another comfortable win outscoring UR BBC (#10, 0-17) 89-38. Gahini's 6th position in the standings has not changed. Her team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 7-10 record. Uwineza is one of the most experienced players at Gahini and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to center Charlotte Umugwaneza (195-C-1984) of league's second-best APR BBC Kigali. Umugwaneza showcased her all-around game by recording 12 points, 21 rebounds (!!!) and 4 assists in the last round. She was a key player of APR, leading her team to a 88-48 easy win against the lower-ranked UR Kigali (#9, 3-14). APR have amazing season winning all 15 games without a single defeat. Umugwaneza turns to be one of the very best players in the league while she is also a leader of the top team having her eyes on the championship title. Umugwaneza has a great season in Rwanda. After 14 games, she made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 14.3rpg (3rd best). She also has 2.1spg and 1.8bpg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Nicole Urwibutso (C-1994) of RP-IPRC Huye - 18 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Brigitte Nibishaka (F-2003) of GSMRR - 23 points and 19 rebounds
6. Ange Uwiringiyimana) of Gahini - 19 points and 13 rebounds
7. Sandra Kantore (174-PG-1993) of APR - 19 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists
8. Marie Imanizabayo (PG-1996) of APR - 19 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists
9. Destiney Philoxy (170-G-2000) of REG - 17 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists
10. Taylor Hosendove (188-F) of APR - 16 points and 14 rebounds

The Player of the week is selected based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc.
The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy.
The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3*(REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4*(2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3*(2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3*(3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)

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